The Equalizer Season 2 Premiere Recap: Mother Knows Best — Plus, Grade It!
No matter how good you are at your job as a working mom, there’s always a nagging feeling that you could be a better parent.
That was one of the driving themes behind The Equalizer‘s Season 2 premiere on Sunday, as Robyn dealt with the fallout of telling her daughter Delilah what she really does for a living. As a result, Delilah did her level best to avoid her former CIA agent mother by staying with her father and his new wife.
When she eventually returned home, she gave Robyn sass and made curt remarks about not being able to trust her. Robyn and Aunt Vi quickly put Delilah in her place — this is a Black household, after all — but later, Robyn still worried if maybe it was time to give up equalizing to spend more time with her judgmental teen.
Fate had other plans, and when bank robbers shot and killed one of Marcus Dante’s fellow NYPD detectives, he turned to Robyn to track down the bad guys and make things right. Touched that Dante was finally starting to understand and appreciate how she gets justice for people who can’t rely on the law (from an actual lawman, no less), Robyn took the case and helped connect the dots with Harry, Mel and Bishop’s help, of course.
First, they figured out who the safety deposit box belonged to and went to the guy’s house. But when Robyn and Dante arrived, Atticus’ house was in disarray, and there was blood on the floor. The pair searched the house and found Atticus’ young daughter hiding in one of the closets. The girl said some men had come to their house, and her dad had told her to hide. The men beat up and tortured Atticus and then took him away.
Robyn and her team dug a little more and figured out that Atticus had been dealing with some rogue CIA agents who had robbed the bank to get to his safety deposit box, which contained sensitive information on a shady congressman. Dante approached the congressman to find out what he knew, and soon, masked men were following him and attempting to shoot and kill him. That’s when Robyn had to go into Equalizer mode and tell Dante to send his sons to their mom’s house, stay at a hotel that night and pay in cash until the case was all sorted out.
The sorting-out process included tailing one of the congressman’s henchmen who led them directly to the warehouse where Atticus was being held. He was still alive (wow!), and Robyn and Dante wanted him to remain among the living, so they opened fire and eventually took down the bad guys. The worst of the bad guys almost killed Robyn, but Dante shot him before he could. That should make things square between Robyn and Dante, right?
After the case was closed and Dante had successfully reunited Atticus and his daughter and arrested the congressman, he met up with Robyn and told her the world does need her, and he was grateful for her help finding justice for his deceased colleague and friend. There was even a moment when it seemed like Robyn and Dante were about to kiss, but they didn’t.
Later, Robyn told Harry and Mel she was going to keep on equalizing after all. And most importantly, she talked to Delilah, and the two decided that they would find their way back to mutual trust and respect.
What did you think of the Season 2 premiere of The Equalizer? Grade the opener in our poll, and drop your thoughts in the comments.
Excellent episode! You can tell that they’ve tightened up things in the writers room and they have a clear goal for this season. I liked the show last season, but now it’s starting to really find its footing!
Loved the season premiere as Robin is finding a balance between being a mom & helping people.
Honestly this episode only cemented my belief that Delilah is currently a major contender for most obnoxious kid on tv.
Seriously why are tv writers incapable of writing teenage characters who you actually want to see in the episode?
Maybe, they are striving for teenage characters that just-been-teens want to see? That is the desired age for sponsor’s, isn’t it?
See, and I think she’s way more realistic and believable than that other teen they wrote several years ago (Alexis Castle).
No tv show on earth knows how to write teenagers. It would have been more impressive for Delilah to say, yes, I have been lied to, but you are a hero so let’s move on.
Teenagers, Mob/police wives always get the short end of the street in the writing departments.
They are writing Deliah’s character they way these kids are now. These kids today have entitled spirits. Parents are busy with careers and giving kids whatever they want which has made them spoiled, selfish, people. So they got the character right.
Great S2 premiere. So glad Robin resolved things with her daughter, we didn’t need that to drag out through the season because Robin has lots of work to do. Her daughter is a good kid with a smart head on her shoulders.
Best moment in the episode was when Robyn told D. that she didn’t have the moral high ground she thought she did and then proceeded to set her straight.
If that was your best moment of the show then this must hit close to home for you.
I agree. That moment was perfect. Walking the perfect line of dealing with her as child that is becoming an adult. A message in love, truth, and respect
I absolutely love this show. Queen Latifah is a treasure and the remaining cast is outstanding.
Loved it!!!! Great start to S2.
Love the show I love Queen Latifah so I love everything she does I hope they don’t cancel it like they usually do channel 2 is good for canceling shows
It was great
I love this show & the Queen! 🖤
When will she & Dante hook up?
And when will we finally see her ex? I’m hoping for a cameo from Denzel, but I doubt it’ll happen! 😝
Loved it.
Very damn good episode. WB Queen! I really like the co-stars of this show as well …..on the home front and especially her two teammates.
Please no romantic interst between Robyn and Marcus. That is just too trite!
Personally, I think that giving Robyn a teenager was a bad idea. The series should focus on its primary theme. Having Robyn have a group of folks she would fight for is one thing, but putting a teenager into the mix and giving us a tiresome am I a mother or a kickass avenger trope is a waste of screen time. No disrespect to the actress playing her daughter, but send her off to college, please, and let Robyn do her real thing.
They gave her a child just like the original show where the man had a son.
No he didn’t.
The original McCall did in fact have a son: https://the-equalizer.fandom.com/wiki/Scott_McCall_(1985_TV_series)
GREAT SHOW. GREAT CAST.
Excellent episode! I’m eager to see where this seasons storyline will take us. I liked the show last season, but this season seems very enticing!
I been waiting for the Queens return and it was exciting just like I knew it would b I’m a fan I’m loving the match up between her and the detective I can’t wait till next Sunday to hell with football
This is the best tv shows ever I think that queen latifah is the best and the character she plays is amazing and I love it, and I think that this tv show should never leave the air at all, and it should be rank number 1 for the next 20 seasons Thank you Arthaniel King.
Oh yeah I almost forgot to say that I’m a huge mega fan of the show Thank You
Great episode. Always looking forward to a new episode every week.